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Re: Stonerider
http://www.myspace.com/stoneriderband
This band filling the void left by all those bullshit mainstream modern "rock" bands. Kickass album and band. If you want hard rock then I suggest getting into these guys.. Here is a review. I have read a few reviews and names like Zep and GNR are always mentioned in the reviews.
have a weakness for good southern rock in general, but about once every decade or so a really, really good one comes along that releases something you can't get out of your head or off of the player. This decade's band might be StoneRider, a kick ass quartet out of Atlanta that rises from the ashes of Fight Paris.
Three Legs of Trouble is StoneRider's debut CD, and is just the thing to kick off the dust of a late night that was far too short for an early morning. Faintly reminiscent here and there of Guns n' Roses (Rush Hour, Baby), Black Crowes (Back From The Dead), Lenny Kravitz living up to his potential (Ramble Down), AC/DC (Juice Man, Wild Child) and, well, Nazareth (a more than competent cover of 'Hair of the Dog'), Three Legs of Trouble has the requisite swagger, sweat, and balls that makes hard rock in general and southern rock in particular great. Full of swagger and power chords delivered with authority, and lyrics full of sexual desire, yet with occasional and brief surprises thrown in just so you know that this wasn't a project slopped together in an afternoon on someone else's dollar.
I haven't had this bad boy out of the player since I slipped it in a few days ago, and it just gets harder with every day to pick a favorite. Right now it's down to Wild Child or Juice Man, with 'Hair of the Dog' always lurking around there somewhere. Or maybe it's Ramble Down, with its killer guitar solo and vocalist Matt Tanner doing his best Jim Dandy. Tanner, the guitarist and lead vocalist for StoneRider, actually knows how to sing, and he's got the bravado to carry the boisterous lyrics off. These guys have got to be great live --- I'm half-tempted to make the eight hour drive to Atlanta to watch them do their thing --- and once Three Legs of Trouble gets out there I'm sure the world will get its chance to hear and see them get the job done. This is a disc, and a band, that should not be missed.
Re: Stonerider
Another review.. Mentions Izzy..
If Izzy Stradlin had quit Guns N' Roses directly after Appetite for Destruction, formed his own band and released an album of songs that sound like 'Dust N' Bones,' you might end up with something like what StoneRider have accomplished on Three Legs of Trouble. Three Legs of Trouble's ten mid-tempo songs of 3-4 minute Southern blues-rock slabs injected with a sleaze-rock, scarves-bandanas-and-vests sensibility would make Stradlin proud. With names like Neil 'Staxxx' Warren and Champ Champagne and lyrics like 'Hard Times, Fast Livin', I got the Juice Man, Yeah I'm still livin',' '” the sleaze element forces itself into their otherwise straight Southern approach. And for the most part they're damn good at it, though no one song on Three Legs of Trouble is a bonafide hit or anthem. Tasty blues licks constantly percolate under Matthew Tanner's smoky vocals as the band drives ahead in 4/4 with their Les Pauls plugged into their cranked-to-11 Marshalls. Apparently these same band members used to comprise the still-Southern-but-more-metallicized Fight Paris, but the fact that they've included a cover of Nazareth's 'Hair of the Dog' this time around should give you a better idea of where the band members' heads are at now. They should stick with it; it suits them quite well, and Three Legs of Trouble is a damn decent Rock N' Roll record.
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